Morgan Library copy with the names of some of the people depicted written on the suppporting album page below the print.
Later state of No. 6932 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires v. 6.
A reissue of a print originally published in 1786, with the final digit of the year altered in the imprint to read "1788"; reissued as a companion print to BM Satires no. 7128 ("The morning after marriage, or, A scene on the continent").
The interior of a large church or cathedral. Burke, dressed as a Jesuit (cf. BMSat 6026), standing within a low, semicircular wall at the foot of a crucifix, marries the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Fitzherbert. The Prince is about to put the ring on her finger. Fox gives her away, holding her left wrist. Beside him (right) stands Weltje in back view but looking to the left at the ceremony. A napkin is under his left arm, bottles project from his coat-pockets, and the tags on his shoulder denote the liveried manservant. To the left of Fox appears the profile of George Hanger. On the left North sits, leaning against the altar wall, sound asleep, his legs outstretched. He wears his ribbon but is dressed as a coachman, his hat and whip beside him. All the men wear top-boots to suggest a runaway match. Behind the Prince in a choir seat is a row of kneeling monks who are chanting the marriage service. Cf. British Museum online catalog.